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USA Today photoshops Condi’s eyes

USA Today‘s photoshopped picture:

The real and authentic picture:

An attempt to “Demon-eyes” Sec. Rice, perhaps?

Well, the blogosphere lit a fire under their sloppy asses hotter than Janet Reno at a Waco barbecue. How did USA Today polish their turd? Like this:

Editor’s note: The photo of Condoleezza Rice that originally accompanied this story was altered in a manner that did not meet USA TODAY’s editorial standards. The photo has been replaced by a properly adjusted copy. Photos published online are routinely cropped for size and adjusted for brightness and sharpness to optimize their appearance. In this case, after sharpening the photo for clarity, the editor brightened a portion of Rice’s face, giving her eyes an unnatural appearance. This resulted in a distortion of the original not in keeping with our editorial standards.

I took a course in college called “Deciphering MSM bovine feces 101″, and I can properly translate the Editor’s Note for you:

We still underestimate the impact of the blogosphere, and grossly miscalculated the number of people who would notice our less-than-subtle attempt to portray an administration figurehead in a highly unflattering light. Getting caught red-handed is not in keeping with our editorial standards, and quite frankly, we’re running out of ways to keep from continually getting caught like this. We have to use euphemisms like “unnatural” instead of “hideously demonic.” Geez, the next thing you know, you’ll want to check that documents are actually authentic and not forgeries! You people are never satisfied!

Nope…no liberal media bias.

October 26, 2005 Posted by crushliberalism | Uncategorized | Leave a Comment

Anti-gay bigot: "London bombings were great!"

Fred Phelps, the hateful homophobic founder of the Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka (and whose website is GodHatesFags.com), is even more deranged than I previously thought. I didn’t think it was possible, but I think even less of him now than I did before. He now praises the London terrorist bombings that happened on 7/7/05. From The Sky Report:

The Sky Report has secretly filmed one of America’s most controversial Christian ministers praising the London bombings.

Fred Phelps says that terrorist outrages and natural disasters such as Hurricane Rita are examples of God’s wrath against countries such as America and Britain for tolerating homosexuals and homosexuality.

Fred Phelps, who set up the controversial Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka, Kansas, told our undercover reporter about the attacks, which killed 52 people:

“Oh I am so thankful that happened. My only regret is that they didn’t kill about million of them. England deserves that kind of punishment, as does this country (America)”.

The church, which has 150 followers, recently started picketing funerals including those of American soldiers killed in Iraq, waving banners such as “Thank God 9/11″, “God Hates Fags” and “Aids Cures Fags”.

Phelps thinks that the terrorist attacks of 9/11 and 7/7 happened because “God hates fags” and that America and the UK are too tolerant of the gay lifestyle. Well, Pakistan is incredibly intolerant of homosexuality, yet they were recently leveled by a large earthquake. So, Fred, are catastrophes the result of acts of an anti-gay God or aren’t they?

Look, for the record, I think the Bible is clear on homosexuality: it’s a sin. Don’t flame me…read the rest of what I’m saying here, OK?

It is a sin. So is murder. So is lying. So is stealing. So is finding your neighbor’s spouse attractive! There are a number of things that the Bible defines as being sinful, and I believe the Bible 100%. However, the Bible also says “Let he who is without sin cast the first stone.” It says that “before removing the splinter in your neighbor’s eye, remove the log from your own eye first.” It says “Love thy neighbor.” It says “Judge not, lest ye be judged.”

In other words, live and let live. Do I find acts of gay sex disgusting? Yes, of course. That’s why I don’t engage in them! I find beets disgusting, too, but I don’t browbeat people who eat beets. Do I find many aspects of the gay agenda objectionable, such as trying to teach Heather Has Two Mommies and King and King to elementary school children, or trying to have the age of sexual consent lowered to 16 (happened during the early ’90s)? You’re damned right I do! However, as Phelps’ mere pitiful existence proves, there are elements and factions of all sides of the political spectrum that must be confronted. Plus, opposition to issues such as gay marriage or gays in the military does NOT mean that those who have such opposition find cretins like Phelps appealing. We can agree to disagree on gay marriage, gays in the military, etc., but I’d like to think that we can all roundly condemn marginal bigots like Phelps who give the rest of Christians a bad name.

Does God have a problem with the gay lifestyle? In all likelihood, yes. However, is it too much to ask Him to be the judge instead of us? If God wants to cast gays into the pit of Hell, I’m certain He doesn’t need our consent to do so. If He decides that gayness isn’t that big of a deal or that it’s no worse than lying or stealing, then He’ll decide that, too.

My point is that I don’t understand the seething pathological hatred that drives people like Phelps. God doesn’t hate anyone, regardless of what they’ve done. Phelps may find that hard to believe, but if he actually would try reading the Bible (not too much to ask a church minister, is it?), he might discover that God is a loving, merciful entity. Phelps is a depraved, sick subhuman. May God have mercy on him.

October 26, 2005 Posted by crushliberalism | Uncategorized | Leave a Comment